Weather Forecast & Widget is a free Android weather app from the developer listed on Google Play as “Weather Forecast & Useful Weather Widgets & Radar” (package name com.accurate.forecast.live.weather.channel). The name is generic, so check the developer name before you install.
Quick verdict
Weather Forecast & Widget suits you if you want a free weather app with home-screen widgets and a lot of weather detail, and you don’t mind ads. Several reviewers call it accurate, and several praise its looks and how easy it is to use. The main complaints in our sample are forecasts that were wrong for the reviewer, a radar that several reviewers call poor, intrusive ads, repeated requests to rate the app, and paid upgrades that didn’t give reviewers what they expected. Most of those complaints are from 2021 to 2024; the recent reviews in our sample are mostly positive. The app was last updated on October 31, 2025. Don’t rely on a single app for severe weather warnings.
Weather Forecast & Widget at a glance
| Developer | Weather Forecast & Useful Weather Widgets & Radar |
|---|---|
| Store listing | Weather Forecast & Widget on Google Play |
| Price | Free, with in-app purchases ($1.99 – $4.99 per item) |
| Ads | Yes (Google Play lists ads) |
| Play Store rating | 4.7 stars from 49,220 ratings (89% are 5-star) |
| Downloads | 1,000,000+ |
| Version / last updated | 1.2.61 / October 31, 2025 |
| Requires | Not in our data |
| First released | July 12, 2021 |
| Data checked | October 17, 2026 |
What is Weather Forecast & Widget?
It’s a general weather app for Android. Its listing says it shows local weather, hourly and daily forecasts, a 40-day forecast, air quality, a weather radar map, weather alerts and home-screen widgets, but it doesn’t name the weather data sources it uses. Version 1.2.61, from October 31, 2025, is the latest update in our data.
Key features
Everything in this list comes from the Google Play listing.
- Forecasts: the listing describes hourly and daily forecasts, “7*24 hourly detailed information” and a forecast for the next 40 days. It says weather today is updated hourly.
- Weather details: the listing names body temperature, humidity, visibility, dew point, air pressure, and wind speed and direction.
- Health information: the listing says it shows air quality, UV index and pollen count.
- Alerts: the listing describes extreme weather warnings for strong winds, high temperature, heavy rains, blizzards and thunderstorms.
- Radar: the listing names a weather radar map.
- Widgets and notification bar: the listing mentions weather widgets and a weather forecast notification bar.
- Locations: the listing says the app finds your current location once you enable location, and that you can add and track multiple locations around the world.
- Units: the listing says you can switch temperature between Celsius and Fahrenheit, and choose units for wind speed, wind direction and air pressure.
- Sun and moon: the listing mentions sunrise and sunset times by city time zone, and moon phase information.
Weather Forecast & Widget vs. what a weather app should have
The Status column shows where we found each feature. “Listed” means the Google Play listing names it. “Reviews only” means the listing doesn’t mention it but reviewers do, so treat it as unconfirmed. “Not listed” means we found it in neither the listing nor the reviews, which doesn’t prove the app lacks it.
Must have
| Feature | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Current conditions and feels-like | Partial | Current weather is listed. Feels-like isn’t named, though the listing mentions “body temperature”. |
| Hourly forecast | Listed | Two reviewers praise the hourly forecast. |
| Daily forecast of 7+ days | Listed | The listing says 40 days. |
| Chance of precipitation | Not listed | Neither the listing nor the reviews mention a percentage chance of rain. A few reviewers say it tells them when rain will start, which is a related but different feature. |
| Wind, humidity, UV index | Listed | |
| Severe weather alerts | Listed | Listed as extreme weather warnings. |
| Radar map | Listed | See the radar complaints under Cons. |
| Home-screen widgets | Listed | See the widget complaints under Cons. |
| Current location and search | Partial | Current location is listed. A location search isn’t described. |
| Unit options (°F/°C) | Listed |
Should have
| Feature | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Notification or lock-screen weather | Listed | Listed as a weather forecast notification bar. |
| Air quality | Listed | |
| Multiple saved locations | Listed | Two reviewers say they couldn’t delete a saved location. |
| Choice of data source | Not listed | The listing doesn’t name its data sources. |
| Layout customization | Reviews only | Two reviewers praise ways to customize the app. One asks for more control over the layout. |
| Light and dark themes | Not listed | |
| Sunrise, sunset, moon phase | Listed | |
| Multiple languages | Not listed |
Nice to have
| Feature | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Animated wind or global map | Not listed | |
| Side-by-side provider comparison | Not listed | |
| Photography times (golden/blue hour) | Not listed | |
| Weather photos | Not listed | |
| Pollen | Listed | |
| Lightning strike information | Not listed | Thunderstorm warnings are listed, but not lightning strikes. |
| Custom temperature alerts | Not listed | |
| Rain-incoming notifications | Reviews only | One reviewer says it alerts them 20 minutes before rain starts. |
| Written forecast summary | Not listed |
Pros (from user reviews)
- Accuracy: several reviewers call the app or its forecasts accurate, and a few praise how well it tells them when rain will start, and one says it does so “down to the minute”. Against that, several reviewers say forecasts were wrong for them (see Cons).
- Design: the look, graphics or layout get praise from several reviewers. A few disagree, including one who calls the widgets ugly and one who would prefer simpler icons.
- Ease of use: several reviewers say it is easy to set up, use or read. Two say parts of the display are hard to read or understand.
- Widgets: several reviewers praise the widgets, and two like the choice of widget sizes. Widgets also draw complaints (see Cons).
- Long-time use: a few reviewers say they have used it for months or years, two of them for two years or more. A few say they prefer it to other weather apps they have tried.
- Ads: a few reviewers say the ads are rare or not a problem. Several others complain about ads (see Cons).
- Free: two reviewers praise it as free or say it doesn’t push them to pay. One says they were charged when they expected a free app.
Cons (from user reviews)
- Wrong forecasts: several reviewers say forecasts or current conditions were wrong for them. A few say it was raining while the app showed no rain, two say rain was forecast on a dry day, two say the rain timing was off, and two say the temperature was wrong. Most of these reviews are from 2021 to 2024, but a few are from 2026.
- Radar: several reviewers call the radar poor, jumpy, not real time or not working, including two who had paid and still found it useless or not working. Two say the radar, or its overlays, needs a payment.
- Ads: several reviewers complain about ads. Two describe pop-up or full-screen ads, and one says ads appeared when they tapped weather alerts.
- Requests to rate the app: the app keeps asking for a rating or review, several reviewers complain, and two say it kept asking after they had left one.
- Data doesn’t refresh: the weather or widget doesn’t update on its own, several reviewers say. Two say a widget only updates after they open the app.
- Widget problems: a few reviewers report widgets that don’t work, crash or show only the temperature. Two want more control, such as a smaller border or a different clock font size, and one says a widget showed times like “17pm”.
- Paid upgrade: a few reviewers say features they paid for, such as widget customization, weren’t there. Two say the app asked them to pay again after they had paid, and two report charges they didn’t expect.
- Location: a few reviewers say the app showed the wrong location or kept asking for one. One dislikes that it wants location in the background, and one says it asks to turn on Wi-Fi scanning every time it opens.
- Notifications: two reviewers complain about the notifications, and one says they were about news rather than weather. One says the notification bar stopped working.
Rating breakdown
| Stars | Ratings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | 43,657 | 88.7% |
| 4 | 2,257 | 4.6% |
| 3 | 1,231 | 2.5% |
| 2 | 410 | 0.8% |
| 1 | 1,642 | 3.3% |
Source: Google Play ratings histogram, checked October 17, 2026. Shares are of the 49,197 ratings in the breakdown; the listing shows 49,220 ratings in total. Shares are rounded, so they don’t add up to exactly 100%.
Most ratings are 5 stars, and 1- and 2-star ratings together are 4.2% of the breakdown. Our review sample deliberately includes extra 1-, 2-, 3- and 4-star reviews, most of them from 2021 to 2024, so complaints take up far more of it than they do of the ratings as a whole.
Pricing
Weather Forecast & Widget is free on Google Play, with ads. The listing shows in-app purchases from $1.99 to $4.99 per item, calls the app “100% FREE” and doesn’t describe what the purchases are. A few reviewers describe a one-time or lifetime payment, including one who paid $4.99 for the “forever upgrade”. A few others say paid features they expected weren’t there. Prices may differ by country and change over time, so check the store before you buy.
Privacy and permissions
We couldn’t read the Google Play data safety section for Weather Forecast & Widget, so we make no claim about what data it collects or shares. The permissions list includes precise location (GPS and network-based), approximate location (network-based), full network access, connect and disconnect from Wi-Fi, view Wi-Fi connections, read phone status and identity, run at startup, prevent device from sleeping, and read, modify or delete the contents of your USB storage. One reviewer dislikes that the app wants location in the background, and one says it asks to turn on Wi-Fi scanning every time it opens.
Who it’s for
Weather Forecast & Widget fits you if you want a free weather app with widgets, a long-range forecast and air quality and pollen data, and you don’t mind ads. It’s a weaker fit if you want a strong radar, if ads and rating requests bother you, or if you want to know which weather source the forecast comes from, since the listing doesn’t say. The listing’s last update is dated October 31, 2025. Keep a national weather service app for official warnings, and don’t rely on any one app for severe weather.
FAQ
Is Weather Forecast & Widget free?
Yes. It’s free on Google Play with ads, and in-app purchases range from $1.99 to $4.99 per item. The listing doesn’t say what the purchases include. A few reviewers describe a one-time payment, while a few others say paid features they expected weren’t there.
Is Weather Forecast & Widget accurate?
Reviewers disagree. Several call it accurate, and a few praise how well it predicts when rain will start. Several others say forecasts were wrong for them, mostly in reviews from 2021 to 2024. The listing doesn’t name its weather data sources.
Does Weather Forecast & Widget have a radar?
The listing names a weather radar map. Several reviewers call the radar poor, jumpy or not real time, and two say the radar, or its overlays, needs a payment. Most of these radar complaints are from 2022 to 2024, and two are from 2026.
When was Weather Forecast & Widget last updated?
The listing shows version 1.2.61, last updated on October 31, 2025. The app was first released on July 12, 2021. Check the store listing for any newer version.
How this review was put together
We haven’t tested Weather Forecast & Widget ourselves. This review is built from the Google Play listing, the app’s public rating breakdown, the permissions list, and 243 user reviews dating from October 2021 to October 2026. We took the latest 100 reviews plus the latest 40 for each star level, newest first, and removed duplicates. The latest 100 reviews run from March to October 2026 and are mostly 5-star, while most of the extra low-star reviews are from 2021 to 2024. None of the reviews in our sample has a developer reply. Feature descriptions come from the store listing, and we checked the bigger claims against what reviewers report. Where reviewers disagreed, we’ve said so. Older reviews may describe earlier versions of the app. Information was checked October 17, 2026, and features, prices and ratings can change, so check the store listing for current details.
